War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Overcast skies with a semblance of rain-to-come this late-afternoon Saturday in California’s Central Valley. Rain was forecast for today, but so far we’ve been high and dry. Maybe later: The annual White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner is tonight — shit ain’t the same in T-Rump time, making it sour-like to squeeze humor out of…
Today a bridge was crossed. Although there’s been a decade’s worth of shitty shit happening lately, an incident in T-Rump’s off-the-rails, unhinged work in making the world is a bit more ominous, chillingly predictable and immensely dangerous for everyone. And really, extremely obvious: Views like a movie screened in real time. And one thing is…
Another wistful, sunny, and comfortable pre-fall setting out-of-doors just past the noon hour this Thursday here in California’s Central Valley — simply seemingly becoming the best time of the year, i.e., weatherwise anyway. Maybe the ugliest history-wise, however. Here’s a brief take on a way-small part of the shit I spied on my morning’s news…
NOTE: This a re-post of a significant memory detail from the distant past, seemingly really, really relevant today. This is an essay-like piece of mine from a way-while back, originally published Dec. 30, 2007, at a long-gone site where I tried to put an online news-type magazine together, but quickly failed. Appeared here at Compatible…
In a year of note-worthy union accomplishments across a wide variety of occupations from show biz to the auto industry, now it’s the media’s turn to stand in the labor spotlight — today about 750 editorial employees of The Washington Post are staging a one-day (24-hour) writers’ strike. The Post Guild union says management is…
(Artwork: Leonid Pasternak‘s ‘The Passion of Creation,’ found here.) Originative writing is an art form for the mentally disturbed. An actuality proven by history and reality. Yet nowadays there are thousands, literally hundreds of thousands of writers out ‘there‘ (beyond my location, into the murky depths of everywhere, all at once, all the time), which…
Overcast with a chilly breeze this early-evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley — a quick turnaround from the heat, a nice break. Not on a break are journalists covering the horror of war now in Israel and the Gaza Strip — even close calls: Nutshell after the scary ‘fuck‘ moment — per The Hill:…
Hot and feeling hot this late-afteroon Monday here in California’s Central Valley — just another drop in the bucket of weather going abnormal on the normal (for climate change). I came across the story when it happened last week, and spied this tweet this afternoon as a remembrance: As a former journalist and a newsroom…
Sunshine and a cool, gentle breeze this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — another weekend ahead with even more agreeable weather. Summer is nice and soft, so far. Beyond the terrible news dump today — the sad demise of the Titanic submersible (with even a Joe Biden conspiracy theory now somehow attached); wrapping…
Once again sunshine and well-warm temperatures this late-morning Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — and one more episode of a pre-summer’s encounter with quickly-approaching summer. In the trough of news cycling today through the InterWebs already, one on the popular backburner is media itself, especially journalism and the future of news reporting. In the…
